“There is no escaping from these rockets in the West Bank,” Zahar said to the east Jerusalem newspaper al-Quds. “Why should they only be in the Gaza Strip?”

He added that Hamas policy will not change no matter how long the blockade of Gaza continues, and whether or not Hamas will win the next elections in the West Bank…

“The solution is resistance!” Zahar said in the al-Quds interview. “If I wanted to give up my rights, I would be in Washington now.” He also said that the Palestinian people have no interest in become attached to Egypt; rather, they want independence.